S&B ex­pects growth in emerg­ing mar­kets

S&B In­dus­trial Min­er­als SA, a Greek min­er­als com­pany founded in 1934, sees con­tin­ued sales growth this year helped by de­mand for in­dus­trial met­als from emerg­ing mar­kets, said Kri­ton Anavlavis, the firm’s chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer. Net in­come in the first quar­ter rose to 4.1 mil­lion eu­ros ($6 mil­lion) from 4 mil­lion in the same pe­riod a year ear­lier, the Athens-based min­er­als com­pany said yes­ter­day in a bourse fil­ing. Sales rose 17 per­cent from the year-ear­lier pe­riod to 112 mil­lion eu­ros. “Met­al­lur­gi­cal growth is a breeze in our sails and this is